NAD C 338

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NAD C 338

NAD C 338

Hybrid Digital DAC Amplifier

The C 338 adds big sound to your favorite music sources and brings incredible flexibility to any stereo system. With Spotify Connect®, Bluetooth®, and the first-ever hi-fi amplifier to have built-in Chromecast®, the C 338 allows you to stream and cast music directly from any music streaming app, letting you enjoy your music wirelessly. Add a turntable using the phono input and experience the warmth of vinyl collections with the room-filling sound of NAD’s Hybrid Digital™ amp technology.

NAD's Most Versatile Amplifier Ever with Chromecast built-in and Hybrid Digital Technology

Getting the Basics Right

Built with NAD’s renowned music-first approach to audio architecture and amp design, the C 338 is equipped with the most advanced components commonly found in NAD’s class-leading line of amplifiers. Always starting with the details, you can hear and advancing from there, NAD develops low-noise circuitry with the precision and stability to deliver incredible, near-zero distortion sound for the most difficult speakers.

Hybrid Digital™ Amp Technology

The search for a high-performance Class D solution led NAD to Hybrid Digital™, an innovative amplifier technology that uses a variable modulation frequency to bring out the life-like qualities of music, while reducing distortion under every operating condition. This highly optimized design gives phenomenal performance to the C 338 amplifier, both measured and subjective.

Efficient Class D Power

NAD has worked tirelessly to create the best performing Class D amplifiers that are energy efficient and produce beautiful sound—not heat—regardless of basic design principles. Using advanced measurements and data, NAD developed the C 338’s highly efficient power supply with a customised Hypex® UCD output stage to pump out 50 watts continuously and over 200 watts instantaneously to meet the demands of the most dynamic music. This new design is very linear over a wide bandwidth and provides consistent, noise-free performance for the amplifying stages with near perfect regulation of voltage.

Always Ready for Streaming

The C 338 has Chromecast built-in so you can cast music, tunes, podcasts, and playlists from your favourite apps on your phone, tablet or laptop to your stereo system. Spotify Connect® lets you discover millions of songs and stream them directly to your C 338 using the Spotify® app for a rich, wireless music experience. With the added flexibility of Bluetooth®, your music streaming possibilities are truly limitless with the C 338.

Built-in Phono Stage for Vinyl Listening

Using a MM phono stage and an innovative low-noise circuit path, the C 338 can reproduce the warmth of LPs with accurate RIAA equalization and control the infrasonic noise that is in all recordings, without ever affecting the bass response.

Flexible Connectivity

With a wide array of connections, including a separate headphone amplifier that can drive high-impedance studio monitor headphones, the C 338 is ready for any type of listening. Line inputs can accommodate all kinds of analogue source components, offering ideal input impedance with linear ultra-low noise buffer amplifiers to preserve the musicality of recordings. Also connect a subwoofer with low impedance line outputs and extend the versatility of this budget-friendly, do-it-all amplifier.

Key Features

  • 50W x 2 Continuous Power into 8 or 4 Ohms 
  • First hi-fi amplifier to feature Chromecast built-in
  • Integrated Bluetooth® for added music streaming flexibility
  • Built-in Phono Preamp for Turntables
  • Stereo Line, Optical Digital and Coax Digital inputs
  • NAD Remote App support for tablet and smartphone
  • Dedicated Headphone Amplifier
  • Subwoofer Output

Specifications

Line In, Speaker Out

  • Continuous Output Power into 4 Ohms and 8 Ohms (Stereo)                                >50W (at rated THD, 20-20kHz, both channels driven)
  • IHF Dynamic Power                                                                                          8 Ohm 80W, 4 Ohm 150W, 2 Ohm 210W
  • THD (20Hz-20kHz)                                                                                           <0.03% (250mW to 50W, 8 Ohm and 4 Ohm
  • Signal/Noise Ratio                                                                                            >98dB (A-weighted, 500mV input ref. 1W out in 8 Ohm)
  • Clipping power                                                                                                 >60W (at 1kHz 0.1% THD)
  • Peak output current                                                                                          >18A (in 1 Ohm, 1 ms)
  • Damping Factor                                                                                                >300 (ref. 8 Ohm, 20Hz to 6.5kHz)
  • Frequency Response                                                                                         ±0.3 dB (20Hz-20kHz)
  • Channel Separation                                                                                          1kHz >75dB  10kHz >65dB
  • Input Sensitivity (For 50W in 8 Ohm)                                                                 Line In: 380mV, Digital In: 18% FS
  • Sample Rate                                                                                                    Up to 24 bit/192kHz

Phono In, Speaker Out

  • THD (20Hz-20kHz) (Stereo)                                                                              <0.3% at 50W out
  • Signal/Noise Ratio                                                                                            >82dB (200 Ohm source, A-weighted, ref. 500mV out)    >76dB (MM cartridge source, IHF A-weighted, ref. 500mV out)
  • Input Sensitivity                                                                                               4.1mV (ref. 50W 1kHz 4 Ohm out, Volume maximum)         
  • Frequency Response                                                                                         ±0.3dB (20Hz-20kHz)
  • Input Impedance                                                                                              47 kilohm + 100pF
  • Maximum Input Signal                                                                                     >80mVrms (ref. 0.1% THD)

Power Consumption

  • at ECO Standby mode                                                                                     0.4 Watts*
  • at Control Standby mode                                                                                 1.8 Watts**
  • OFF mode (Power switched OFF)                                                                      0 Watts

Weight & Dimensions

  • Gross Dimensions (W x H x D)*                                                                        435 x 70 x 285mm 
  • Net Weight                                                                                                      4.85kg 
  • Shipping Weight                                                                                              5.85kg